Diocesan Archives

Exterior view of St. John Innisville, black and white photo

Saint John, Innisville — Deanery of the Southwest

The former Saint John’s Church, Innisville looks almost timeless in its rural setting, at least when viewed in daytime. This photograph from fifty years ago ...
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Black and white photo of the entrance to a grand house.

Hamilton Hall, Hawkesbury — Stormont Deanery

This gracious image, a small snapshot, shows Hamilton Hall—the elegant family home in which Charles Hamilton, the first Bishop of Ottawa, was raised at Hawkesbury, ...
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Church of the Epiphany, Barry’s Bay — Deanery of the Northwest

Here is Church of the Epiphany, Barry’s Bay, photographed by Brian Glenn on 23 June 2010.  It appears rather unusual for an Anglican house of ...
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Cover of the Rev. Frank Uhlir's book The Call of the Cross

Temple Pastures — Deanery of West Quebec

This 1970s photograph is a reminder of a man who was not your standard Anglican, yet who for a generation operated a facility that helped ...
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Deanery of East Ontario — Church of the Nativity, L’Orignal

Anglican services in L’Orignal began in the 1850s, and from 1870 were held at the Prescott and Russell courthouse. Peter H. McIntosh donated land for ...
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Archival black and white photo of the exterior of Bishopscourt

Bishopscourt — Cathedral Deanery

Complexity is written all over the Queen Anne Revival building we see here. And for good reason. It reminds us that a diocese is a ...
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Christ Church, Bells Corners — Deanery of West Ottawa

One of the most plaintive inquiries ever received at the Diocesan Archives is for a photograph of the brand, spanking new frame Christ Church, Bells ...
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Exterior view

St. John, Antrim — Deanery of the Southwest

We may well ponder what the good farmers of the Antrim vicinity were thinking when they began drawing timbers and other construction materials to build ...
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interior of altar space in a church - black and white

St. John the Evangelist, Lancaster— Deanery of East Ontario

At first, we do not see that we are being watched.  But sooner or later we notice the clergyman staring directly at us. He is ...
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